The construction boom of Class-A hospitals is here! Suzhou will add 10 more Class-A hospitals.

Recently, Suzhou announced that it will add 10 more Class-A tertiary hospitals.

Suzhou will add 10 more Class-A tertiary hospitals.

The recent COVID-19 epidemic exposed some shortcomings in China's public health infrastructure. How to improve this infrastructure in the post-epidemic era has drawn much attention. Some industry insiders predict a surge in public hospital construction in the post-COVID-19 era. Recently, Suzhou announced that it will add 10 more Class-A tertiary hospitals.

At a recent meeting on the construction of Class-A tertiary hospitals held in Suzhou, it was announced that future fiscal investment in public health will be increased. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the number of tertiary hospitals is expected to increase by 50%, reaching 36, and the number of Class-A tertiary hospitals is expected to increase by 10.

It is understood that Suzhou currently has 24 tertiary hospitals, including 7 Class-A tertiary hospitals. Lan Shaomin, member of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC and secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Committee, stated: The construction of Class-A tertiary hospitals is a people's livelihood project. Suzhou is the second largest immigrant city in China and has a large foreign population. We must acknowledge the existing gaps and deficiencies in the current public medical and health services and quickly develop a supply capacity that matches economic and social development, continuously meeting the people's needs for high-quality medical services.

Since the COVID-19 epidemic, the gaps and deficiencies in public medical and health services have drawn attention. The 12th meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Reforms emphasized that, in response to the shortcomings and deficiencies exposed by this epidemic, efforts should be made to address shortcomings, close loopholes, and strengthen weaknesses. What should be upheld should be upheld, what should be improved should be improved, what should be established should be established, and what should be implemented should be implemented. The system for major epidemic prevention and control should be improved, and the national public health emergency management system should be strengthened.

Hospital beds may see a new wave of construction!

Previously, Kan Yi Jie predicted a surge in public hospital construction after the COVID-19 epidemic. Suzhou's plan to build Class-A tertiary hospitals coincides with this prediction.

The origin and epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic were both in Wuhan, Hubei Province. In fact, Wuhan is one of the cities in China with relatively developed medical resources, positioned as the "medical capital of central China." Therefore, when news of the shortage of medical resources in Wuhan emerged during the epidemic, it not only made the public aware of the severity of the epidemic but also shocked the industry.

According to the national large hospital bed ranking released by Kan Yi Jie, the total number of beds in Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Hospital, and Hubei Provincial People's Hospital is nearly 20,000, all ranking among the top ten nationally.

However, in the face of the severe epidemic, with tens of thousands of confirmed cases and nearly ten thousand severe cases, the severe shortage of ICU beds and the fact that ordinary wards did not meet the standards for infectious disease wards limited the abundant medical resources that Wuhan could once be proud of, making them suddenly insufficient.

It should be noted that the outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan was a random event, so after the outbreak, it became inevitable for all parts of the country to reflect on their own public health infrastructure.

In the view of industry insiders, after this epidemic, models similar to Zhengzhou University First Affiliated Hospital may be favored by more local governments, and ICU wards in provincial and municipal hospitals may see a new wave of construction. Moreover, ordinary wards may also see a new wave of construction.